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On April 20, 2011, the State Board of Social Services voted 7–2 against rules that would have prohibited discrimination in adoptions "on the basis of gender, age, religion, political beliefs, sexual orientation, disability, family status, race, color or national origin."
In 2020, the United States Census Bureau determined that same-sex couples (3.1%) are three times more likely to have adopted children than opposite-sex couples (1.1%). Data from 2019 revealed that 43.3% of same-sex couples’ children were adopted and/or stepchildren.
[216] [217] An additional law within Virginia, also allows cities and counties to make their own ordinances on this topic as well listed below. Sexual orientation and gender identity Independent cities: Charlottesville, [31] and Richmond. [26] Sexual orientation only County: Arlington. [218] Independent city: Alexandria. [218]
Percentage of same-sex marriages in Virginia's counties and independent cities, 2014–2018. Data from the 2000 U.S. census showed that 13,802 same-sex couples were living in Virginia. By 2005, this had increased to 19,673 couples, likely attributed to same-sex couples' growing willingness to disclose their partnerships on government surveys.
Reliable data as to the size of the gay and lesbian population is of value in informing public policy. [1] For example, demographics would help in calculating the costs and benefits of domestic partnership benefits, of the impact of legalizing gay adoption, and of the impact of the U.S. military's Don't ask, don't tell policy. [1]
The age of consent in each jurisdiction varies but, in most jurisdictions, it is equal to the age of consent for heterosexual sex. [34] The exception to this is Texas, whose statute books still hold an outdated Romeo and Juliet law that makes the age of consent for gay and lesbian teenagers unequal to that for heterosexual ones.
Smith's 2003 analysis of National Opinion Research Center data [30] states that 4.9% of sexually active American males have had a male sexual partner since age 18, but that "since age 18 less than 1% are [exclusively] gay and 4+% bisexual". In the top twelve urban areas however, the rates are double the national average.
The 2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States is an ongoing political backlash from social conservatives against LGBTQ movements.It has included legislative proposals of bathroom use restrictions, bans on gender-affirming care, anti-LGBTQ curriculum laws, laws against drag performances, book bans, boycotts, and conspiracy theories around grooming. [1]